Financial Accountant

About the Position:

Job Title: Financial Accountant

Reports to: Accounting Manager

Job Type: Fulltime

Location: Bangalore

Position Overview:

The GBS Accountant is responsible for general accounting and internal control including journal entry preparation, intercompany reconciliations, month-end closing activities, account reconciliations, and financial reporting. This team member is a key position in the GBS Accounting group. The position calls for exceptional accounting knowledge, sound judgment, good communication skills, and a drive for standardization

Responsibilities:

- Accounting activity including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial analysis.

- Complete monthly general ledger accounts, inventory accounting, fixed assets, and bank reconciliations along with resolving open items.

- Month-end closing responsibilities ensuring accurate financial results are reported on a timely basis as per corporate closing calendar.

- Intercompany accounting and reconciliation support: AR, AP, Intercompany Loan Statement

- Customer service: provide timely responses to internal and external inquiries.

- Process improvement

- Assist in procedure development and recommend / implement process improvements.

- Compliance with SOX, standardized procedures and internal controls.

- From time to time, you will be required to undertake other responsibilities / activities of a similar nature that fall within your capabilities.

Required Education & Experience:

- Qualified Accountant, with 3+ years of related professional experience

- Candidates with M.Com, MBA (Finance/Accounting), CA Intern or CWA Intern will be given prefernce

- Experience in accounting and financial systems (Oracle experience preferred but not essential)

- Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.

Skills & Competencies:

- Functional knowledge of general accounting processes and US GAAP.

- Understanding of internal control elements.

- Flexible to new ideas and ways of accomplishing tasks.

- Ability to use initiative.

- Strong problem solving and resolution abilities.

- Clear and effective written and oral communication skills.

- Highly organized.

- Ability to meet strict deadlines

- Excellent customer service skills and attitude.

- Unquestionable ethics and integrity with high degree of transparency and trust.

Must be a team player able to demonstrate strong customer focus with the energy, drive and commitment to successfully work through any and all issues and objectives related to this role and that of the overall team.